Locking handle



-L. W. GATES.

LOCKING HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED 02c. 21, 1921.

1Afi45 Pat nted Aug- 11,1922.

INVENTOR;

A TTORNEYS.

citizen of the United States, Haven, county of New Haven,

LOUIS w. earns, or nnwnavnn, CONNECTICUT, assienoa no G. cownns acorrranv, or NEW HAVEN, conn'ncrxcu'r, a conrona'rion or CONNECT- ICUT.

LOCKING" HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Au. 1, i922 Application fil ed December 27, 1921. Serial Ito.5%,822.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known thatl,Lou1s W. GATES, a residing at New State ofConnecticut,-haveinvented an Improvement in Locking Handles', of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle door locks, especially to the meansfor securing the lock operating spindle in the door,- and to meansoperable at will for 'locking the spindle against turning movement.

It is an object of the invention to provide a lock operating spindlewith an escutcheon plate which may be adjusted to difi'erent angles withrespect to spindle may be mounted in the door or look with theescutcheon door, even though this surface may be curved v or inclined atan angle tothe axis of the spindle, to provide means for preventingturning movement of the spindle bearing in the escutcheon while allowingthis angular adjustment, and to provide means operable at will to lockthe spindle against turning movement in the bearing to prevent unlatchving of the door.

With these and other objectsin View I have devised the simple structuredisclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a sideelevation of a lock operat' ing handle and spindle Wlllhthe escutcheonmounted thereon, portions thereof being broken away to better illustratethe con-.

struction.

Fig. 1 is an end .viewof the handle. Fig. 2 is a partial, sectional viewof the escutcheon plate and the spindle bearing. Fig. 3 is a rear viewof the escutcheon.

Fig. 4: is a side' elevation of the bearing with a portion thereofbroken away.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the bearing. Fig.6 is an end elevation ofthe retaining means. Fig. 7 portion broken away, and

Fig. 8 shows two side views of the looking bolt.

The escutcheon 10, as is usual in this type v of lock, is adapted ofadoor, indicated in dotted lines at 11, by

tobe secured to a surface any suitable means, such as screws, not

the spindle, so that the c is a side elevation thereof with a' shown,extending through openings 12 in the escutcheon. The escutcheonillustrated is pressed from a piece of sheet metal, although it may, ifpreferred, be made of a casting, and is provided with an outwardlyprojecting flange 13 having an interior' spherical able means, such assolder 17; The bearing is provided with 'a longitudinal extendingcylindrical opening 18 providinga bearing for the lock spindle 19, andallows turning movement of this spindle therein. To prevent the bearingrotating in the escutcheon, t is provided with a longitudinallyextending slot 20, and. a pin 21 is riveted to the escutcheon and has afree end projecting into said slot. F or best results, this pin shouldproject into the slot substantially at the mid length of the bearingwhen-this bearing is so positioned that the axis of the spindle issubstantially perpendicular to the escutcheon, as shown in Fig. 2, asthis c0nstruction and arrangement will allow the bearing to rock withrespect to the escutcheon in all directions, giving a universal angularadjustment, butat the same time will prevent turning movement of thebearing in the escutcheon. By turning or rotating movement of thebearing in the escutcheon,

as mentioned throughout the specification and claims, I mean therotation of the bearing substantially in the plane of the escutcheonabout the longitudinal axis of the spindle.

The bearing 14; is also provided with one or more openings or recesses22, preferably arranged substantially central andextending radiallythereof, and arranged substantially 90 ,from shown in each other andfrom the slot 20, as

being of a spindle.

Figs. 4 and 5. Mounted to slide in a'transverse opening 23 in thespindle is a bolt 24 adapted to have one end thereof slid into eitherone of'the openings 22, this bolt length substantially equal to the Ydiameter of the spindle so that it may be I? drawn wholly within theconfines ofsaid 1' It is provided with a transverse channel 25 adaptedto receive an eccentric pin 1' 26 mounted on the end of a lock cylinder27 secured to turn in the spindle by any suitoperated means forpreventing turning thereof when the handle is locked, as is well known,the end of the handle 30 being provided with a suitable key slot 31 forthe insertion of a key to rotate this cylinder, and through theeccentric pin 26 to slide the bolt 24 into one of the openings or recess22 to lock the spindle against turning Within the bearing, or towithdraw it therefrom to unlock the spindle. It will be apparentthat,when this bolt is extended into an opening 22, the handle is lockedagainst turmng movement because the bearing 14 is prevent-' ed fromrotating within the escutcheon by the pin 21. The two openings 22 beingarranged at right angles to each other, allow the positioning of theescutcheon on the face of the door either vertically or hori- 25.zontally.

The bearing on the spindle in the bearing 14 is provided by a reducedportion 82 which provides a stop shoulder 33 coactingwith the outer endof the bearing 14 to limit the inward movement of this spindle in thehearing. Withdrawal ofthe spindle may be prevented by any suitablemeans, such as a collar 34 bearing against the inner end of the bearing14, and secured to the spindle by any'suitable means, such as solder ItWill be apparent from the foregoing description that when thespindle andthe escutcheon are applied to a door, the spindle maybe mounted with itsaxis extending horizontally but the escutcheon may be set at diflerentangles to lie flush with the surface of the door. Also, in addition tothe advantages obtained from such an arrangement, the spindle may belocked against turning movement within the escutcheon. It will beapparent that the device is very simple in construction and, therefore,maybe easily manufactured and assembled, andis, not'likely to be easilygotten out of order in use.

Having thus set forth the nature ofmy invention, what I claim is:

,1. In combination, an escutcheon having an opening therethrough, abearing mounted in said opening for angular adjustment relative to saidescutcheon, means for preventing rotation of the bearing intheescutcheon, a lock spindle mounted to turn in said bearing, and meansfor locking the spindle to said bearing.

2. In combination, an escutcheon, a bearing mounted for angularadjustment relative to said escutcheon, adock spindle mounted to turn insaid bearing, and means for locking the spindle to said bearing.

3. In combination, an escutcheon adapted to be secured to a door, a lockspindle mounted for angular adjustment in said escutcheon and also forturning movement therein, and means for locking the spindle to theescutcheon.

4. In combination, an escutcheon having a substantially sphericalrecess, a bearing having a substantially spherical surface in saidrecess and adapted for angular adju'stment therein, means for preventingrotation of the bearing in the escutcheon, a lock spindle mounted toturn in the bearing,

' and means for locking said spindle to said bearing. 1

5. In combination, an escutcheon, a bearing having universal adjustmentin said escutcheon, a lock spindle mounted to turn in said bearing, andmeans for locking the spindle against said turning movement.

6. In combination, an escutcheon having a substantially spherical recesstherein, a hearing member having a substantially spherical surfacefitting in said recess, a ring contacting the spherical surface of thebearing memher to retain the same in said recess, means for securing thering to the escutcheon, means for preventing rotation of the bearing inthe escutcheon, a lock spindle mounted to turn in said bearing, andmeans for locking the spindle to the bearing.

7. In combination, an escutcheon, a bearing mounted for angularadjustment only relative to said escutcheon and provided with a recess,a lock spindle mounted to turn in said bearing, a bolt carried by thespindle and mounted for sliding movement transversely thereof, and meansfor moving an the bearing to prevent said turning movement. 7

9. In combination an escutcheon having a substantially spherical recess,a bearing having a substantially spherical surface in said recessandadapted for angular adjustment therein, means for preventing turningmovement of the bearing-in the escutcheon comprising a slot in thebearing extending longitudinally thereof and a pin carried by theescutcheon and extending into said slot, at

lock spindle mounted for turning movement in said bearing, and meanscarried by the spindle and movable to engagement with the bearingto'lock the spindle against said turning movement. i

mamas in said bearing, said bearing being also provided with an opening,a transversely sliding bolt carried by the spindle, and means for movingthe bolt into engagement with said opening to lock the spindle.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

LOUIS W. GATES.

